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President wants process expedited to approve Sinopharm

By Easwaran Rutnam? President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants the Sinopharm vaccine given emergency use approval in Sri Lanka, by expediting the required process. The President has instructed the health authorities to expedite the process to approve the use of the Chinese vaccine in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle told Daily Mirror. President Rajapaksa had given the instructions at a meeting held yesterday (Monday) at

16 Mar, 2021

Random PCR testing conducted in parts of Colombo

Random PCR testing was conducted in parts of Colombo today. A large number of people were seen being tested for the coronavirus. The testing is being conducted after a mass vaccination programme was launched recently, mainly in Colombo and other parts of the Western Province. Meanwhile, the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has introduced a new echannelling system for senior citizens to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine. The CMC said Colombo residents above the age of 60 can pre-book their appointme

15 Mar, 2021

Pakistan fears ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims will be affected

Pakistan fears ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims will be affected if the Sri Lankan Government goes ahead with moves to ban the niqab. The Ambassador of Pakistan to Sri Lanka, Saad Khattak, said that the likely ban on the niqab in Sri Lanka will only serve as injury to the feelings of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims across the globe. “The likely ban on niqab in Sri Lanka will only serve as injury to the feelings of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims across the globe. At today’s economic

15 Mar, 2021